Skygazers in the Australian Outback were treated to a remarkable solar eclipse on Friday.
The spectacle, known as a "ring of fire" occurred as the moon glided between Earth and the sun, blocking the sky save for a dazzling rim of light.
Sydney-based photographer Geoff Sims captured this stunning shot.
He wrote on his Facebook page: "The horizon was perfectly clear, what an amazing sight seeing the squished sun in annular eclipse."
It is the second solar eclipse visible from northern Australia in six months, the Associated Press reports.
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The moon crosses in front of the sun during a partial solar eclipse seen through an iron cross on a church in Sydney, Friday, May 10, 2013. At remote outposts across Australia, scientists and spectators gathered to watch as the eclipse castes its approximately 200-kilometer-wide (120-mile-wide) shadow at dawn over Western Australia, before moving east through the Northern Territory and the top of Queensland state.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) (credit:AP)
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The moon crosses in front of the sun as seen from the Sydney Observatory during an annular eclipse on May 10, 2013. The annular eclipse, a phenomenal which occurs when the moon is so close to the Earth that is cannot completely cover the sun when it passes between it, was seen across a band across northern Australia, while places such as Sydney saw a partial eclipse. AFP PHOTO / William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A child (L) watches a partial solar eclipse with a woman at the Sydney Observatory on May 10, 2013. Star-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun and blotting out much of its light. The annular eclipse, a phenomenal which occurs when the Moon is so close to the Earth that is cannot completely cover the Sun when it passes between it, was seen across a band across northern Australia, while places such as Sydney saw a partial eclipse. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A girl adjusts a telescope to focus the reflected image of a partial solar eclipse (bottom C) in front of the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge (back L) on May 10, 2013. Star-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun and blotting out much of its light. The annular eclipse, a phenomenal which occurs when the Moon is so close to the Earth that is cannot completely cover the Sun when it passes between it, was seen across a band across northern Australia, while places such as Sydney saw a partial eclipse. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A statue of Danish author and poet Hans Christian Andersen is sihouetted as the moon crosses in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse on May 10, 2013. Star-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun and blotting out much of its light. The annular eclipse, a phenomenal which occurs when the Moon is so close to the Earth that is cannot completely cover the Sun when it passes between it, was seen across a band across northern Australia, while places such as Sydney saw a partial eclipse. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man watches a partial solar eclipse through a telescope at the Sydney Observatory on May 10, 2013. Star-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun and blotting out much of its light. The annular eclipse, a phenomenal which occurs when the Moon is so close to the Earth that is cannot completely cover the Sun when it passes between it, was seen across a band across northern Australia, while places such as Sydney saw a partial eclipse. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A man watches a partial solar eclipse through a telescope at the Sydney Observatory on May 10, 2013. Star-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun and blotting out much of its light. The annular eclipse, a phenomenal which occurs when the Moon is so close to the Earth that is cannot completely cover the Sun when it passes between it, was seen across a band across northern Australia, while places such as Sydney saw a partial eclipse. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Visitors gather to watch an annular eclipse at the Sydney Observatory on May 10, 2013. Star-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun and blotting out much of its light. The annular eclipse, a phenomenal which occurs when the Moon is so close to the Earth that is cannot completely cover the Sun when it passes between it, was seen across a band across northern Australia, while places such as Sydney saw a partial eclipse. AFP PHOTO / Saeed KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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This combination of six photos shows the moon crossing in front of the sun (clockwise from top L) as seen from the Sydney Observatory during an annular eclipse on May 10, 2013. Sky-gazers were treated to an annular solar eclipse in remote areas of Australia on May 10, with the Moon crossing in front of the Sun to leave a 'ring of fire' around its silhouette. AFP PHOTO / William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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The sun is obscured by the moon during an annular solar eclipse in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, May 21, 2012. (credit:Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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May 20, 2012, hikers watch an annular eclipse from Papago Park in Phoenix. (credit: (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Michael Chow))
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A thundershower rolls through as an annular solar eclipse appears in Gardnerville, Nevada on Sunday, May 20, 2012. (credit:(AP Photo/Cathleen Allison))
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Marissa Tidwell, left, tries to get a view of the annular eclipse through a special device built by her grandfather Mark Tidwell in Lubbock, Texas, Sunday, May 20, 2012. (credit:AP Photo/The Avalanche-Journal, Zach Long)
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A South Korean astronomy student uses special sunglasses to observe an annular solar eclipse in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 21, 2012. (credit:(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man))
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Hinode, a Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency spacecraft, observes annular solar eclipse, 4 Jan 2011. (credit:WikiMedia)
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School children visit the Stardome to view the sun as the moon is seen passing over the sun during a Solar Eclipse on November 14, 2012 in Auckland, New Zealand. (credit:Sandra Mu/Getty Images)
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Skywatchers take a photo of the solar eclipse through a special filter at the UC Irvine Observatory in Irvine, Calif. on May 20, 2012. (credit:AP Photo/The Orange County Register)
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An annular solar eclipse is partially seen at sunrise Monday, May 21, 2012, from the coastal township of Gumaca, Quezon province, near the Philippines. (credit:AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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Alan Macklem of Manitoba, Canada, looks at sunspots during the annular solar eclipse viewing party at the Petroglyph National Monument near Albuquerque, N.M. (credit:AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan))
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A partial annular solar eclipse is reflected in a pool of water in Beijing, China, Monday, May 21, 2012. (credit:AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)